Sunset Coast Archers > Beginners Course

The Beginners to Winners 8 week Sunset Coast Archers Archery Course will take you from never having touched a bow to being able to shoot on the main line with club members on week five. Weeks six to eight will see you shooting longer distances and joining in club activities. (See below)

This is not a 'Give it a Go' archery session which is more likely to turn you off the sport than get you enthused. This course is designed so that you will actually see and achieve results that will give you a better indication whether or not the sport of archery is for you.

The club has a number of instructors who will take you through the course.

The course goes for 8 weeks during which you will be invited to a FREE club sausage sizzle.

The cost is $140 per person with all equipment supplied. There is a discount for immediate family members; For the first two family members the cost is $140 each, third member $100 and other immediate family members $75 each.

People who do the Sunset Coast Archers Beginners to Winners course can continue to use club equipment once they become a member for 2 months, unless it is required by the next course, free of charge. We have a good amount and range of equipment so this in not usually a problem. After that there will be a small hire fee of $5.

Club equipment can be also be hired for $5 by people coming back to the sport or who have done a course elsewhere and don't need any supervision on the main shooting line.

Archery is possibly the only sport where the whole family can learn together, side by side. If you are going to book the kids in to a beginners course you might consider doing it yourself and spend a bit of quality time with them. That's priceless as they say!

Courses are restricted to a maximum of 12 people aged from 11 upwards. We may consider younger children where a parent or guardian is taking the course.

You have to be able to attend the first two Sundays however if you have to miss any other Sunday for whatever reason we will help you make it up if necessary.

All equipment is provided by the club and you will learn to shoot with a recurve bow.

If you have your own bow you may be able to use that depending on the draw weight (how hard it is to pull back the string) and the length of your arrows. These are two important safety factors. The cost for the course is still the same.

Please phone John Dwyer on 08 9382 2433 or fill in our enquiry form if you would like more information.

Week one:
8.30m - 10.45am.

1. Sign in.
2. Warm up exercises.
3. We will explain what does what and cover safety.
   
4. We will set you up with a recurve bow, arrows and safety gear to fit you.
   You will use this equipment throughout the course.
5. There are 10 main steps to go through whenever you shoot an arrow and we will begin to cover those briefly.
6. You will be taught the basics of how to use a sight.
7. You will then shoot a few 3 arrow ends at 10m.
8. Put equipment away.
   

Week two:
8.30am - 10.45am.

1. Sign in.
2. Warm up exercises.
3. We will go over the safety bit again.
4. You will learn how to string your own bow.
5. You will be shown how to place a shooting line and put up targets.
6. We will go through the 10 steps again.
7. You will be taught more on how to to use a sight.
8. You will then shoot 6 arrow ends at 10m and 15m
9. Put equipment away.

Week three:
8.30am - 10.45am.

1. Sign in & Set up targets at 15m and get your own equipment.
2. String your own bow.
3. Warm up exercises.
4. We will go over what you learnt on week one and two again and add a little more.
5. You will shoot 6 arrow ends at 15m concentrating on the 10 steps.
6. You will learn how to score.
7. Pack up your gear and put targets away.

By now you will be able to shoot without close supervision so you can continue to shoot up until 12noon if you like.

Above: Beginners shooting on week three. By now you will know what you should do but actually doing it is the hard part.

Week four:
8.30am - 10.45am.

1. Sign in & Set up targets at 15 and get your own equipment.
2. String your own bow.
3. Warm up exercises.
4. You will shoot 6 arrow ends at 15m concentrating on the 10 steps.
5. We will take some video of you shooting so that you can see what you are doing.
6. You will shoot 6 arrow ends at 20m concentrating on the 10 steps.
7. You will shoot some scoring ends.
8. Pack up your gear and put targets away.

You can continue to shoot up until 12noon if you like.

Week five:
8.30am - 10.45am.

1. Sign in & Set up targets at 15m and get your own equipment.
2. String your own bow.
3. Warm up exercises.
4. You will shoot 6 arrow ends at 15m concentrating on the 10 steps.
5. You will shoot 6 arrow ends at 20m concentrating on the 10 steps.
6. You will shoot some scoring ends.
7. Pack up your gear and put targets away.

You can continue to shoot up until 12noon if you like.

Week six:
8.30am - 10.45am.

1. Sign in & Set up targets at 15m and get your own equipment.
2. String your own bow.
3. Warm up exercises.
4. You will shoot 6 arrow ends at 15m concentrating on the 10 steps.
5. You will shoot 6 arrow ends at 20m concentrating on the 10 steps.
6. You will shoot some scoring ends.
7. Pack up your gear and put targets away.

You can continue to shoot up until 12noon if you like.

 
Above: Beginners shooting on week six. Again you will know what you should do but actually doing it is the hard part. The areas that you will have to work on for the rest of your archery life are (1) the bow hand (2) the anchor and release.

Below is the type of form what you will be trying to achieve and maintain for the rest of your life. Looks easy :-)

More slow motion YouTube videos of Park Sung-Hyan here

Week seven:
8.30am - 12noon

1. Sign in and Set Targets at 20m
2. You will get your own equipment
3. Warm up exercises.
4. You will shoot in a 72 Arrow beginners competition which will consist of 32 arrows at 20m and 32 arrows at 15m on a 122cm face.
5. You will be shooting against others in your course for 1st, 2nd, 3rd medals.
6. You will also be competing against the scores from other course participants for end of year trophies.
7. Help put away targets.
8. Put your equipment away.
9. You will probably want to have a Nanna nap in the afternoon. 

Week eight:
8.30m - 12noon

1. Sign in & help Set up Targets.
2. This is a Sunday Sausage Sizzle Shoot Fun Day so you can shoot at whatever distances you like.
3. The Sausage Sizzle and a Drink are free.
4. You will be shown the different types of bows that are available. ie Recurve, Compound, Longbow .
5. We will give out certificates to those who have completed the course and 1st, 2nd & 3rd medals for the Beginners to Winners course participants who shot in the competition on week 7.
6. Put equipment away.

To complete the course you will have had to attend 6 out of the 8 weeks. If you have been unable to do that we will take it into account.

After the course we would like to invite you to join our club should you wish to continue your Archery. You will continue to get coaching from our club instructors and other coaches who come to the club for that purpose.

The above may change without notice but in a nice way :-)